The technician who came to diagnose our heating problems this week has been to our house several times over the years for parts replacements and general service. He is familiar with our system and our old house. He often notices changes we've made and will compliments us on our choices. He seems wise and considerate in his care.
After he had a good look at the problem and fiddled with some parts and made some adjustments, he stood and looked thoughtfully at our 30 year old system.
He placed his hand tenderly on the boiler and told me it might just be time to replace the whole thing now.
I gulped.
He gently showed me all the different issues we were dealing with and how if we were to fix many of these we would most likely have to do all that work again when the unit finally stopped working. And that day was inevitable.
He turned and panned the room and said - "You know, really - its not that hard of a job, maybe 4 or 5 hours. The biggest concern of mine would be ...your basement floor is so clean."
6 comments:
The new systems are so efficient now that you may be able to get back your expense in fuel savings.
ok well... that makes me happy too!
Talk about a pick up (Weese) line! LOL
Ha ha, you have a clean basement floor! At least he's considerate!
LOL
good G-d...a worker concerned about cleanliness? even the cable guy who installed at a retirement place for a friend's grandma a few weeks ago left cr@p all over the damn place...which of course, a 92 y.o. woman can bend over and pick up soooo easily!
nice to know techs fondle old machines still...caring for them like an old Nash, or the 15 y.o. lab ready to be put down. perhaps he knows our mechanic---you could eat off the floor in her shop!
hope the install goes quickly and easily and cleanly enough the poor tech doesn't flip out when he drops a bit of oil on the floor.
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